Il., joins Morning Joe to discuss Tuesday's confirmation hearings for Pete Hegseth and Wednesday's hearing for Pam Bondi, President-elect Trump's pick for attorney general.

In his opening statement at the confirmation hearing for Pam Bondi, Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill., focused on President-elect Trump's vows for retribution against his political opponents and questioned whether Bondi would pursue those vendettas as attorney general.

Ms Bondi’s rise has brought her far from Temple Terrace, the city where she grew up on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Her father, a teacher, was the mayor. While an undergraduate at the University of Florida she considered becoming a paediatrician. But she went to law school, and an internship at the state prosecutor’s office in Tampa sealed the deal.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., raised concerns about Bondi’s ability to say no to Trump, saying he isn’t convinced the attorney general nominee has “the grit and gumption” to say no to the incoming president.

Attorney general nominee Pam Bondi dodged a question from Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Wednesday about whether President-elect Trump lost the 2020 election. Bondi echoed other Republicans in

WASHINGTON ― Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Attorney General, Pam Bondi, on Wednesday refused to admit Trump lost the presidential election in 2020.

Bondi said while she would help advise Trump in pardoning January 6 rioters, she was poised to reject pardons for certain crimes.

Trump wants to dish out pardons among the more than 1,500 defendants charged or convicted for the riot, plans that Senate Republicans are reluctant to embrace.

Democrats questioned Bondi's independence and refusal to affirm the legitimacy of 2020 election during her confirmation hearing.

Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, will face sharp questioning from Democratic senators at a confirmation hearing expected to center on concerns Trump will look to use the Justice Department’s powers to seek retribution against his adversaries.

Pam Bondi sought to allay the concerns of Democrats who said they feared Trump and his allies would use the Justice Department to target their political enemies.